School: Crury (roll number 3134)
- Location:
- Creevy, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Martin Keegan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1029, Page 335
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- O what is it that never was not never will be.
A. a mouses nest in a cat's ear
What is it that (was not) opened is closed and closed when open.
Railway gates
As I went up yon healthery hill I met my uncle David I cut his throat and sucked his blood and left him lying easy.
A bottle of whiskey
What turns without moving
Milk
What goes round the house, and round the house and sits in the corner at night
A skipper of ditches a leaper of thorns a wee brown cow with a pair of leather horns
A hare
If 2 yards make a coat and vest what will make a suit.
A pair of trousers.
What wig can a barber not shave.
An earwig
What is the best key for the tongue:
whiskey.
Why is a stamp like a teacher(continues on next page)
- Collector
- P.J. Gillespie
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Sheegys, Co. Donegal
